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I. E. YOUNGBLOOD.
Israel Ephraim Youngblood, the third of a family of five children, was born August 5th, 1840, five miles south of Boonville, in Warrick county. His father, James W. Youngblood, was a son of the Rev. John W. Youngblood, the pioneer preacher, and was born in Warrick county. When the subject was only five years of age his father died, leaving the widow and a family of five children wholly dependent upon themselves for a livelihood. However, Mrs. Youngblood was a woman of rare energy and executiveness, and by industry and frugality she succeeded in rearing her little family in comfort, besides giving them such local school advantages as the county at that time afforded. By force of necessity our subject performed the duties of a farm laborer at a very early age, together with his two brothers, the fruits of their industry going toward the support of the family and the improvement of their home. When twenty-one years old a horse afflicted with fistula was given him by his mother, which he succeeded in curing, and sold at a fair price. His mother needing money at that time, he gave her all of the amount, in return for which she gave him a colt. He afterwards sold the colt to his brother for $125, and this money he decided to spend towards obtaining an education. Accordingly he entered the Indiana State Normal School at Terre Haute in March, 1871. At the close of the spring term he returned home and raised a crop of tobacco during the summer, and sowed wheat in the fall. The proceeds of this crop were comparatively large, and he was now able to repay borrowed money which he had used in defraying school expenses. After attending a second term of the State Normal School, he returned home and worked on the farm. In the winter of 1872-3 he taught school in Ohio township, and saved sufficient money to attend the Normal School a part of the winter and all the spring term of 1873. The winter of 1873-4 he taught school in Boon township. With the money he had now saved, and after borrowing a small amount, he re-entered the State Normal School in the spring of 1874, and attended regularly until his graduation in June, 1875. The perseverance here manifested in obtaining an education under such adverse circumstances deserves praise, and is a worthy example to the poor young man who would improve his condition.

The young graduate now returned home, but being too ambitious to again teach a country school, borrowed $25 at twenty-five percent, interest, and started out in the world to obtain a more lucrative position in his chosen avocation. He was chosen principal of a school of two grades at Oaktown, Knox county, Indiana, at a salary of $4 00 per day, and in the spring of the following year taught a normal school at Carlisle, Indiana. To earn money with which to visit the Centennial Exposition in 1876 he taught a select school in Bethel township, Posey county, during July and August of that year, after which he went on a tour through the East, visiting some of the principal cities and popular resorts. In the fall of 1876 he was chosen principal of the graded school at McCutchanville, Vanderburg county, and he here taught several branches with remarkable success which he had not studied while at the State Normal School.

In June, 1877, Mr. Youngblood was elected superintendent of the schools of Warrick county. Under his administration there has been a marked improvement in the schools of the county, and they have advanced fully fifty percent. He was the first superintendent to grade the schools of the county, besides which he has introduced many valuable new ideas and rules into the system of school government. He was re-elected to the office of county superintendent upon the expiration of his term in 1879.

In July, 1879, he purchased the Boonville Standard, but on account of his duties as county superintendent preventing him from giving the paper his attention, W. W. Admire was made its editor, until it became necessary for Mr. Youngblood to assume full control in June, 1880. The Standard is the only Republican paper in the county, and Mr. Youngblood succeeded in placing it on a sound financial basis while under his management. In July, 1881, he sold the paper to R. M. Graham. Mr. Youngblood is not yet in the prime of life, and being a man of extraordinary stability of character, tenacity of will and perseverance, promises a future of usefulness.

WARRICK AND ITS PROMINENT PEOPLE
A History of Warrick County, Indiana, from the time of its organization and settlement, with Biographical Sketches of some of its Prominent People of the past and present
EDITED BY: WILL FORTUNE.
1881

MRS. M. J. HUSK.
While in the lives of women we do not find the achievements of the soldier or statesman, still we do find many representatives of that sex whose lives have been devoted to the amelioration of those around them, and whose attainments in life are equally as commendable and deserving of chronicling. Mrs. Mary Jane Husk nee Kallams, the subject of this brief sketch, was born January 20th, 1836, near Harrodsburgh, in Mercer county, Kentucky. Her parents died when she was an infant, and she was adopted and reared by the family of James Curry, a gentleman in affluent circumstances, of Harrodsburgh, Kentucky. The orphan and her adopted relatives became greatly attached to each other, and she was treated very kindly. At fifteen years of age she entered the female academy at Harrodsburgh, which she attended for some time.

She was united in marriage to George K. Husk, in Hancock county, Kentucky, September 12th, 1849, and in 1852 they removed to Skelton township, Warrick county, where Mr. Husk engaged in farming. At the breaking out of the late war Mr. Husk enlisted in the army and the management of the farm came into the hands of his wife. She managed it with great care and economy, which demonstrated her extraordinary executive ability. On her husband's return from the army, he found his farm bearing every evidence of thrift. In 1875 they removed to Boonville and opened the Prince Albert hotel, of which Mrs. Husk is still proprietress. April 1st, 1880, her husband died, after an illness of only fifteen days. Mrs. Husk is a devout christian and charitable lady. The hungry never appeal to her in vain. She has a warm heart and her charitable deeds are a noteworthy characteristic. As an instance, we would mention her having reared two orphans, giving them a comfortable home and every advantage for improvement. She is benevolent to a worthy cause. It is to her frugality that Mrs. Husk mostly attributes her success. She is a very intelligent and refined lady, whose life has been one of extraordinary usefulness in her sphere.

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JOHN A. REYNOLDS
John A. Reynolds is known "far and wide" by his bold and original ideas upon theology. Once a pupil of the Sunday school and a member of the church, to-day he declares himself an atheist. Although a farmer by occupation�a successful one, too�he has devoted his life to the study and investigation of theological and kindred subjects. He is always willing to give his reasons for his singular convictions to those soliciting them, and in defense of the position which he has assumed he offers to discuss the question with any one, at any time and place.

John A. Reynolds was born at Thompson, Geauga county, Ohio, July 9th, 1819. He was left an orphan and at four years of age he was bound to Enoch Scott, a farmer, but he purchased his freedom when nineteen years old for $50. His career has been a remarkable one. In 1840 he settled in Warrick county. October 9th, 1842, he was married to Percilla Houghland, of this county.

He has been an assiduous student of theology from boyhood, and has read nearly every work worthy perusal pertaining to the subject. While his bold atheistic declarations astonish his neighbors, all respect him, and he is regarded as an upright citizen, a kind husband and father. He affirms that he is the strongest atheist in the world. The singular views he holds upon some questions he expresses in the following words: "I believe that this earth is a part of the central sun; I believe that Nature, the natural forces or causes, such as air, water, etc., produce all animal and vegetable life upon earth ; I believe the doctrine of a Supreme Being is a fallacy; I believe that Nature never steps out of her routine, and that she don't know the cry of an infant from the howl of the hyena." He is a zealous advocate of the unlimited freedom of speech. He is now sixty-two years old, hale and hearty, but he has retired from the active work of life, and is awaiting, to use his own words, the "end of his existence." He has written his own epitaph, which tells the story of this strange man's life in the following words:
"Death is an eternal sleep.
Here moulders in the dusk abode
One whom to faith no homage showed.
By moral law, his life he tried,
While social duty was his guide,
And pure philanthropy the end of all he did.
Or could intend
"Prayer he pronounced impiety�
Vain prompter of divine decree,
That oft implores with erring- zeal
For boon subversive of its weal."

JAMES W. CABBAGE
James Willis Cabbage was born September 12th, 1830, in Russel county, Kentucky. His parents are John and Nancy Cabbage. The father of John Cabbage died when he was quite young, leaving the family in poor circumstances, and it became his duty to help support his widowed mother; hence, he was ostracized from all educational advantages, and it was not until the subject became old enough to teach him that he learned to read and write. He came to Warrick county in 1832, settling in Hart township, where he remained until his removal to Alabama many years ago. He was a farmer, and was a man of unquestioned integrity, strong common sense and unflagging industry.

James W. is the eldest of nine children. His father felt the need of an education, and was determined that his children should have the full benefit of such advantages as were afforded in this part of the country at that time, which were, of course, very limited. James was, accordingly, sent to such "subscription schools" as were taught in the neighborhood, where he learned reading, writing, orthography and arithmetic�the only branches taught by the " Hoosier schoolmaster" of that time. In his twentieth year, he was granted license and commenced teaching school in Hart township. He taught seven successive years. During 1855 he attended Delaney Academy, at Newburgh.

August 30th, 1856, he was married to Tillitha Lowe, whose father, Captain Simon P. Lowe, was a man of prominence in county affairs for several years. He held the office of county treasurer and county commissioner, and was representative in the State Legislature for a number of years. The result of this union has been nine children�six boys and three girls�all of whom are living, except one. After his marriage, Mr. Cabbage engaged in farming, where he now lives, which he pursued successfully, without intermission, until called upon by his fellow citizens to represent them in the State Legislature. He has always taken an active interest in all great political issues, and although an adherent of party, he entertains, and does not fear to express, ideas of the most liberal and conservative character. He is a friend, but not a slave to party. During the late war he advocated the cause of the Union, "Because," he says, "I believe that equal rights and freedom of all mankind is a divine law, and the government our forefathers gave us we must protect."

Mr. Cabbage is, and always has been, a Democrat. He cast his first vote for Franklin Pierce, and there has not been a Democratic convention, or an election in Warrick county since he attained his majority, that he has not attended. In 1878 his name was placed before the Democratic primary election for representative of Warrick county, but he was defeated. In 1880 he was nominated for the same office and elected. His career in the Legislature is known to the people throughout the State. He went there with the hope and intention of doing good. How far he succeeded, his constituents may judge. He originated and secured the passage of one bill alone, which will be a lasting benefit to the State, i. e.: the law for the protection of timber. Governor Hendricks said of it: "It is one of the most sensible, practicable and timely measures that has been brought before the Legislature." Mr. Cabbage is a plain man�a man of the people�knowing by experience their wants and these he gave his attention, so far as possible, during the crowded session of 1881. While he does not claim to be infallible, there is nothing in his official record that he is ashamed of. The predominant trait in Mr. Cabbage's character is his honesty; and "An honest man is the noblest work of God."

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COMMODORE KELLEY
Among the younger successful business men whose lives have been beset by disadvantages, Commodore Kelley, present trustee of Owen township, merits attention. He was born March 31st, 1844, in Skelton township. He is the fifth son and eighth child of Isham and Eliza Kelley. His father was born in Anderson county, Kentucky, in 1810, and he came to Warrick county with his uncle in 1820. He has lived in Skelton and Owen townships since and has reared a large family. As one of the industrious pioneers to whose labors the present state of development of these townships is due, Mr. Kelley is entitled to remembrance.

Commodore worked on his father's farm until eighteen years old. His educational advantages were the very poorest, being limited to a few weeks in all of irregular attendance at the very inferior schools of that time in Skelton township. He received instruction in reading, writing and arithmetic, and the rest of his education has been obtained by close self-application and observation. At the breaking out of the late war his patriotism was aroused and he determined to risk his life in defense of the union, although he had not reached his eighteenth year� the age required by the regiment being organized at that time. However, he was not to be debarred the privilege of enlisting because he lacked a few weeks of being old enough, and so he represented to the officers that he was eighteen years of age. He enlisted in company E, of the sixty-fifth Indiana regiment on August nth, 1861. He was detailed as a teamster and was promoted to wagon-master of the regiment while in North Carolina in 1863. He held this position until the close of the war. In 1862 he was seriously injured while riding a spirited horse, from the effects of which he has never fully recovered. He was in nearly all the engagements of his regiment. In July, 1864, he was mustered out of the service. He then worked on his father's farm two years, after which he engaged in farming for himself in Skelton township. December 9th, 1867, he was married to Mary E. Skelton, whose parents were among the earliest settlers of the county. They have three children�two girls and one boy. In 1873, Mr. Kelley moved to Folsomville. In 1879, in partnership with Marion Folsom, he opened a grocery, dry goods, drug and general merchandise establishment. He is also proprietor of the hotel, livery stable and steam thresher at that place, and is an extensive dealer in cattle. He is a Democrat, and is a leader of his party in Owen township. In 1880, he was elected trustee of Owen township. By energy, enterprise and strict integrity he has attained the position among his fellow-citizens of a leading business man, and by his always courteous disposition, has won an enviable popularity.

WILLIAM H. BONE
William H. Bone was born May 24, 1837, in Warrick county. His parents were John and Arty M. Bone. His father was a native of Kentucky, but he came to Warrick county at an early day. The school advantages of the subject were limited and very poor. He was left an orphan when only eleven years old, and he has had to work his way up in life. The only schooling he received was nine months' attendance at a school taught by James W. Cabbage, the present representative of Warrick county. What other knowledge he has acquired has been without the aid of a teacher. When seventeen years of age he obtained employment as a clerk in the dry goods store of Abraham Chambers, at Lynnville, where he remained some time. He taught three terms of school in Pike county and two in Warrick county. In 1860, he was elected constable of Owen township. October 30th, 1859, he was married to Abthia F. Burris, and the result of this union was eight children. In 1861, he removed to Crowville, Warrick county, where he was employed in the drygoods and tobacco establishment of Bethell & Floyd until 1862, when he moved to Boonville. He remained there until 1864, in the capacity of clerk in the grocery store of J. W. Thompson.

February 8th, 1875, he enlisted in company D, 143rd regiment of Indiana volunteers, and remained in the service until August, 1865, when they were mustered out. He then lived at Crowville four years. In 1869, he removed to Folsomville and took charge of the tobacco establishment of Hudspeth & Shryock. He remained in their employ until 1873, when, in partnership with W. H. Pancake, he purchased the establishment. However, he sold his interest the year following to Benjamin Folsom, who was the founder of Folsomville, and engaged in farming the next two years. In 1877, he made a "purchase of tobacco" in Campbell township, for Jacob Seitz, Esq., and, in 1878, he made another "tobacco purchase" under the firm name of W. H. Bone &Co., at Winslow, Pike county. In 1879 he returned to Folsomville and engaged in the dry goods and grocery business. He again purchased the large tobacco factory at that place, and is now engaged solely in buying and shipping tobacco. Mr. Bone is a "self-made man," and he is one of the foremost citizens of Owen township.

JOHN B. COCKRUMM
John Barrett Cockrum was born September 12th, 1857, at Oakland, Gibson county, Indiana. His grandfather, Col. J. W. Cockrum, was a Colonel of the Indiana State Militia during the Mexican war. He settled in Gibson county at a time when the country was a wilderness, and was the founder of the town of Oakland. The father of the subject, Col. William M. Cockrum, was reared in the vicinity, where he still lives, and was for a time an extensive speculator in tobacco in Gibson county. When the late war broke out he organized company F, of the 42d Indiana regiment, and was chosen first lieutenant, while his uncle, Captain Barrett, was made captain. However, Barrett resigned, and Mr. Cockrum was chosen captain to fill the vacancy. He was seriously wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, and for seventeen days laid on the battle-field, receiving attention from no one except the Confederate surgeons. He was then taken to Libby prison where he lay seven months. Upon his recovery he was made commander of the post military prison at Nashville, which position he held one year. He was also one of the party that had charge of the notorious Captain Wirz, of Andersonville fame, and conducted him from Nashville to Washington, D. C. In 1864, he was promoted to Lieutenant- Colonel of the 42d Indiana regiment, which position he held until the close of the war. He then returned to his home, at Oakland, Indiana, where he still lives.

Up to his seventeenth year, John B. Cockrum, the immediate subject of this sketch, attended the Oakland Normal Institute, where he graduated. The three subsequent years he taught school during the winter, and in the summer read law, with Hon. J. E. McCullough, of Princeton. In 1878, he entered the Cincinnati Law school, and graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, on May 14, 1879. He was married January 22, 1880, to Fannie C. Bittrolf daughter of George A. Bittrolf, Esq., of Evansville. In August, 1879, he located in Boonville, and entered into a partnership with Charles W. Armstrong in the practice of law. He conducts a case with tact, and is an advocate of ability. He has been successful in the short time that he has been practicing, and is one of the most promising young members of the Warrick county bar.

WILLIAM H. McVEY, M. D
William Henry McVey, a well-known medical practitioner at Selvin, and the subject of this sketch, was born June 22, 1842, in Grass township, Spencer county, Indiana. His parents were Samuel and Permelia McVey, both of whom were natives of Virginia. They came to Spencer county in about 1832, where they spent the remainder of their lives. The father of the subject was a farmer, and commenced life in poor circumstances, but through successful management and hard work had accumulated sufficient to live in ease at the time of his death, which occurred when William was only a small boy.

The opportunities of William for obtaining an education were limited to the common country schools of Spencer county, which, however, he had the full benefit of. When eighteen years old he commenced teaching school in Spencer county. He pursued school-teaching in winter, and during the summer studied medicine. Dr. Perragrine, of Centerville, Spencer county, was his preceptor.

In 1864, he entered the Eclectic Medical College, of Cincinnati, and graduated in 1868. He subsequently located at Crowville, Warrick county, where he held a wide and successful practice for seven years. In 1875 he moved to Taylorsville, (now Selvin), where he has since remained, enjoying an enviable professional patronage.

July 6th, 1865, Dr. McVey was married to Martha Thompson, who is a native of Kentucky, but at that time was a resident of Warrick county. Doctor McVey is a Democrat, and is an influential member of of his party in his section of the county. In 1878 he was a candidate for the nomination for representative of Warrick county, but was defeated. He was elected trustee of Pigeon township in 1880.

In the practice of his profession Doctor McVey, as already stated, has been very successful, and, although interested in the mercantile business, he has earned his all in this way. As a physician and citizen he stands high among his fellowmen, and his social qualities are such that have won him a large circle of friends.

WILLIAM S. WHITTINGHILL
William Stuart Whittinghill was born June 16th, 1852, in Pigeon township, Warrick county. His grandfather settled in Lane township as early as 1815, where his father, Pleasant N., was born. He is of German-Scotch descent. The subject worked on his father's farm until he was eighteen years old. The rudiments of his education were obtained in the common country schools of Warrick and Spencer counties. In 1871, he attended the Boonville Graded School, and afterward spent a term of twelve weeks in the Normal Institute, at Oakland, Indiana. He also attended school at Gentryville, Spencer county, ten months, and in September, 1872, entered the sophomore class in the State University, at Bloomington, Indiana. He graduated in 1875, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Science. In 1876 he was chosen principal of the high school at Huntingburgh, Indiana. While at college he had studied the German language about five months, and after his removal to Huntingburgh, where nearly the entire population is German, he became so far familiar with the language, through his associations, that he was enabled to teach it with success and now speaks it very fluently.

While yet a student he had singled out the profession of law as his chosen pursuit, and began the study of it while attending college. He was admitted to the bar, in Spencer county, in 1877, and commenced the practice of law at Huntingburgh during the same year, being favored with a liberal patronage until his removal to Selvin, (formerly Taylorsville), Warrick county, in 1879, where he has since resided. In 1880, he was nominated by the Republican party for representative of Warrick county, but was defeated by a majority of 151, the regular Democratic majority in the county having been from 350 to 400 prior to that time. Mr. Whittinghill is a gentleman of refinement and culture, and possesses ability of an extraordinary character. He presents a very handsome physique, and socially is a person whom it affords one pleasure to meet. He is now in his thirtieth year, and gives promise of becoming a leading member of his chosen profession.

Bates, Bela N., an old citizen of Boonville, was born in Hampshire county, Massachusetts, April 13, 1815. At an early age he learned shoemaking, but during the "hard times" about 1837 he shipped on board a whaling vessel for South America. On account of severe treatment from the commanding officer he left the ship at Brazil, where he remained about four months. He saw Dom Pedro when a boy and others of the royal family a number of times. In 1841 he came to Boonville and engaged in shoemaking. He did a successful trade for several years and retired. He was married to Jane Perigo, on March 12th, 1843and they had three children, only one of whom, Mrs. G. H. Spencer, of Joplin, Mo., is now living.

Campbell, James W., was born three miles north of Boonville, September 29th, 1852. His mother is a sister of Hon. Benoni S. Fuller. He taught two terms of school, but in 1879 gave up his school and accepted a position as clerk in the store of J. M. Hudspeth & Co. In 1880 he was nominated by the Democratic party for Sheriff of Warrick county and was elected by a majority of one hundred and sixty-eight votes over the three candidates �Jacob Seitz, Republican; W. A. Williams, Independent, and Isaac Boyer, National. This was an auspicious victory. Mr. Campbell is well-known throughout the county and is a popular and promising young man.

Cook, Frederick, trustee of Greer township, was born May 18th, 1847, in Cambridgeshire, England. His parents, Joseph and Mary Cook, emigrated to America in 1851 and came direct to Warrick county, where the father engaged in farming. Frederick received his education in the common schools of this county. February 18th, 1862, when only fourteen years old, he enlisted in company C, sixty-third Indiana regiment of volunteers and carried a musket and participated in all battles of his regiment the same as other soldiers. He never missed an hour of active duty on account of sickness or for other causes, excepting an eight day furlough. He was in the battles at Bull Run, Rasacca, Franklin, Nashville, Altoona Hills, Fort Anderson, and ten others of minor importance. He was mustered out of the service in May, 1865. Mr. Cook has been married twice�the first time on December 2. 1867, to Elizabeth Butcher, of Warrick, who died November 29, 1876, from drinking water poisoned by Edward Leyer, the horrible particulars of which are still fresh in the minds of Warrick county people. April 11, 1878, Mr. Cook was married to Mary A. Irons. His family consists of five children, four by his first and one by his second wife. Mr. Cook has twice been elected constable of Greer township. In 1880 he was elected trustee on the Republican ticket, which is an unprecedented occurrence in the political history of the township. He is a very courteous gentleman, and possesses an enviable reputation for strict integrity and he is one of the foremost citizens of Greer township.

Davis, William Robinson, was born September 9th, 1827, in Mercer county, Kentucky. His father, Rev. Thomas S. Davis, was a travelling preacher. His mother, whose maiden name was Robinson, died when he was four years old. He lived with his grandfather until eight years of age, when, his father having married again, he returned to the "paternal roof." His father came to Warrick county in 1839 and settled where the subject now lives, which was at that time a dense forest. Although his opportunities were the very poorest, he possesses a practical education. The "rule o' three" is associated with his remembrance of schools in his boyhood as a very important branch�in the opinion of the old-time Hoosier school-master. To obtain money with which to purchase his books, pens, paper, etc., he would kill coons and sell their skins. Mr. Davis has always been a farmer and he is one of the most successful in the county. January 1, 1852, he was married to Mary Perigo, an exemplary wife and a pleasant, hospitable lady. She is a half-sister to Ezekiel Perigo, Esq. The fruits of this union has been but one child: a daughter now dead. However, they have raised several orphan children. Mr. Davis has been a Republican since the organization of the party and, although he takes an interest in politics, he never sought office. He is a leading farmer and has been a liberal supporter, according to his means, of every important enterprise in the county for the last twenty-five years.

Dial, John C., of Hart township, was born October 15, 1817, in Clermont county, Ohio, near Batavia. His early educational advantages were limited to about two months every two years in the backwoods schools of that time. He received the greatest part of his education by private tutorage and at a very early age was a master of Smiley's arithmetic as taught at that time and he was considered a critical grammarian by his instructors. He was well acquainted with General U. S. Grant when the latter was a cadet at West Point and his reminiscenses of the illustrious warrior are interesting and amusing. Mr. Dial has been married three times. February 10th, 1842, he was married to Isabella Brooks, of Clermont county, Ohio, and they had seven children. She died February n, 1856. On January 1st, 1857, he was married to Josephine Myriek, also a native of Clermont county, Ohio, and the result of this union was three children. Her death occurred August 11, 1865. February 27, 1866 he was married to Mrs. Rachel Edwards, nee Abshire�his present wife�who is a native of Warrick county. In 1842 Mr. Dial came to Warrick county and settled in Hart township, where he now lives. At that time there were no roads through that section of country between the Boonville and Lynnville and Boonville and Crowville roads and it was chiefly through his instrumentality that the present highways were opened. Wild game was plentiful and the country was very sparsely settled. Mr. Dial has always been a Democrat, rather preferring to serve his party than ask of it official favor.

Dickey, Fines J., M. D. , was born at Ridgeway, Gallatin county, Illinois, May 4th, 1854. In 1876 he commenced the study of homoepathy with Dr. E. J. Ehrman, of Evansville, and graduated at the Pulte Medical College, of Cincinnati, March 4th, 1879. He came to Boonville the same month and commenced the practice of medicine, and has been remarkably successful. He is the leading homoepathic physician in this section.

Eckstein, Leonard, a leading grocer of Boonville, was born in Jackson county, Indiana, in 1847. He came to Boonville in 1871 in poor circumstances. He chopped wood and did teaming for the Lake Erie, Evansville & Southwestern railroad, being built at that time, and afterward engaged in marketing. By strict economy and close application to business he accumulated sufficient means to engage in the grocery business in 1877. To-day he is one of the leading business men in the county. His success may all be attributed to his sterling business principles. Mr. Eckstein was married, in 1870, to Louisa Price, of Jackson county, and they now have two children.

EWEN, George, M. D., was born in Philadelphia, on April 19th, 1832, and his parents were Jeddiah and Ellen Ewen. He received his education partly in the schools at Philadelphia, and partly in Delaney Academy, at Newburgh, where he attended four school terms. The summer of 1844 he spent on the Ohio river, in the storeboat business. His parents came to Newburgh in January, 1845. During 1849 and 1850 he was a clerk in the store of A. M. Phelps, Esq., and during the winter of 1850 and 1851 he taught school in Ohio township. In 1852 he went to Philadelphia for the purpose of learning the drug business, and served an apprenticeship of two years, with J. Bringhurst, returning to Newburgh in 1854. He then went to Evansville and was engaged as a clerk in the well-known wholesale drug establishment of Keller & White. However, he returned home, and, during the winter of 1855 and 1856, again taught school in Warrick county. In 1856 he commenced the study of medicine under Doctor J. R. Tilman, of Newburgh, and during the winters of 1856 and 1857 attended medical lectures at Keokuk, Iowa. He was in the Marine Hospital, in Evansville, with Doctor M. J. Bray, from May, 1857, to March, 1858, when he formed a partnership with Dr. J. S. Houghland, of Eureka, Spencer county, Indiana, where he practiced medicine until 1866. In July, 1866, he came to Wheatonville, Warrick county, Indiana, and has been practicing there since. Doctor Ewen is one of the oldest and most successful physicians in the county, being third among the oldest. Four years practical and skillful experience in compounding drugs, with a thorough course of instruction in medicine, qualified him in an extraordinary degree for the practice of his profession.

Fuller, William W., superintendent of the Warrick county schools, was born July 29, 1856, in Hart township, Warrick county. His parents were Isham and Agnes Fuller, and he is a brother to Hon. Benoni S. Fuller. In 1874 he entered the Oakland Normal Institute, and attended two terms. He also attended the Worthington (Indiana) High School during 1876. He has taught school and been identified with the educational interests of the county for several years. In 1880 he entered the Indiana State University, and was a member of the sophomore class at the time of his election to the office of county superintendent, in June, 1881. He is, doubtless, the youngest county superintendent in the State. Mr. Fuller is a young gentleman of rare ability and promise, and is very popular among the people generally.

Graham, Robert M., editor and proprietor of the Boonville Standard, was born November 10th, 1849, in Boonville, where he lived with his parents until eleven years old, when they removed to a farm, in Hart township, Warrick county. His education consisted of such as he could obtain in the common country schools, after which he attended the Boonville High School one term. Possessing an insatiable thirst for knowledge, and a very retentive memory, he has, however, by a habit of desultory reading, gained an extensive knowledge of general literature. July 26, 1872, he was married to Mary J. Hunsaker. In 1873, under the firm name of J. B. Graham & Son, he engaged in the drug business at Lynnville. In the meantime he taught school in winter, and studied medicine under Doctor S. L. Tyner. In 1876 he commenced practice in Spencer county, opposite Owensboro, Kentucky, where he remained one year. He also practiced at Folsomville one year; after which he relinquished medicine and engaged in school teaching. He taught the graded school, at Lynnville, in 1872-73, and has been principal of the Folsomville Graded School three terms. In 1880, he was defeated in a candidacy for superintendent of Warrick county. He left the teachers' ranks as one of the foremost educators of the county, and, in July, 1881, assumed full editorial and business control of the Boonville Standard. Although he has now been in the newspaper business but a short time, he has evinced considerable journalistic ability. He has been a contributor to the educational periodicals of the State and is the author of a work designed for use as a text book for youthful students, entitled "United States Rectangular Survey," which has been highly recommended by the leading educators of the State.

Heim, Constantine, one of the leading citizens of Campbell township, was born February 25, 1837, in Eisfeld, Duchy of Meiningen, Germany. He received his education at the Academy of Saalfeld, which he attended from his sixth to his twelfth year. In 1852 his parents emigrated to America and came direct to Vanderburgh county. His father's avocation was that of an apothecary, and, in partnership with John Laval, he practiced medicine at Evansville about ten months. In 1853 he came to Warrick county and engaged in farming. January 6th, 1859, Constantine Heim was married to Minerva Lockyear, of Warrick county, and they had seven children. She died March 20th, 1874. Mr. Heim was married to Rhoba F. Herston on October 24th, 1874, and by this marriage has had three children. Mr. Heim has obtained an extraordinary knowledge of the English language by close application, and he speaks it with a fluency rarely met with in one of his nationality. Politically he is a Republican, and, in 1880, was the candidate of his party for treasurer of Warrick county, but was defeated by a greatly reduced majority. He is a very intelligent gentleman, of a sociable, complaisant disposition, and he is highly esteemed by his fellow-citizens for his integrity and sterling worth.

Heim, Adolph Woldemar, trustee of Campbell township, was born June 12, 1839, in Eisfeld, Duchy of Meiningen, Germany. He received his education at the Academy of Saalfeld, in his native country, but left before graduating. His parents came to America in 1852, and located at Evansville, where the subject attended a select school awhile, taught by a Yankee. This was the only English schooling he received. In 1853 he removed with his parents to Warrick county, and engaged in farming. However, his occupation of later years has chiefly been teaching. He taught district school No. 9, in Campbell township, from 1866 until 1881, successively, which, in point of continuity, is without a parallel in the school history of the county. He holds the highest attainable license, and his teaching is characterized by thoroughness, practicability, system and strict decorum. In 1880 Mr. Heim was elected trustee of Campbell township on the Republican ticket. There were three candidates for the office, and although the township was largely Democratic, he received a majority of sixty-four, while the largest number of votes received by the opposition was ninety-four. He possesses in an eminent degree the qualifications requisite for the office, and fills it satisfactorily to his constituents. February 19, 1864, Mr. Heim was married to Letitia Lockyear. They have four children�three boys and one girl.

Jones, T. B. , M. D., of Lynnville, was born November 28th, 1841, in Spencer county, Indiana. The occupation of his father, Thompson M. Jones, was farming. The subject received his education in the schools of Spencer county and at an early age commenced the study of medicine. August 26, 1861, he enlisted in company C, of the forty-second Indiana regiment, as a private, but was promoted to the rank of captain while in the service. He participated in all the battles of his company and was in the service until July 2d, 1865, when they were mustered out. In 1867 he entered the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati and graduated in 1870. During the same year he located at Pleasantville, Pike county, and practiced there until March, 1873, when he removed to Lynnville and entered into a partnership with Dr. S. L. Tyner, which, with the exception of two years that the latter was at Boonville, has continued until the present. April 25, 1872, Doctor Jones was married to Emma Zimmerman, of Lynnville, and they have two children. Doctor Jones possesses in an eminent degree those qualities of mind and temperament which are required to meet humanity in its more delicate and sickly phases pleasantly, and his knowledge of medicine is very thorough and practical; hence, he is a very successful physician. He is regarded as one of the leading physicians of the county and is highly respected and beloved as a citizen.

McCoy, Joseph S., M. D., a successful medical practitioner of Wheatonville, Warrick county, was born April 6th, 1850, near Midway, Spencer county, Indiana. His parents were William and Fanny McCoy. His education was principally obtained in the common schools of Spencer county, and during the terms of 1868 and 1869 he attended the academy at Grandview, Indiana. He taught school in Spencer county one year, and in Warren county, Kentucky, eighteen months. He commenced the study of medicine under Dr. J. R. Temple, but afterward studied under his brother, Dr. T. J. McCoy. He entered the Louisville Medical College in 1873, and graduated in 1876. In the same year he commenced the practice of medicine at Wheatonville, where he has since remained. Doctor McCoy is a genial young gentleman, warm-hearted and courteous. His acquaintance is easily cultivated, and he possesses the rare gift of bringing social sunshine, as well as medical skill, into the sick room. During the five years he has been at Wheatonville he has built up a wide practice, and has won the esteem of the people. He is now only thirty-one years old, and his career as a practitioner may be said to be only in the bud. Politically, he is a Democrat, and is one of the most influential members of that party in Greer township.

MOORE, Robert Dale Owen, the youngest son of Judge J. W. B. Moore, was born in Boonville, February 25th, 1848. His education was limited to such advantages as were afforded by the local schools at that time, which were comparatively poor, owing, in part, to the unsettled condition caused by the war. However, he spent one year at Asbury University, at Greencastle, Indiana. In 1869, he commenced the study of law with his brother, Hon. Isaac S. Moore, one of the ablest lawyers in the State, and, in 1872, was admitted to a partnership. In 1878 he was nominated by the Democratic primary election for clerk of Warrick county, and was elected. Among the minor offices which he has held was that of clerk of Boonville, in 1869; town treasurer, from 1871 to 1875, and town attorney two or three years. He was married to Blanche Barkwell, of Rockport, Indiana, January 23rd, 1868. They have three children �two boys and one girl. Mr. Moore is a liberal, obliging gentleman, and is generally well known and well liked throughout the county. Politically, he is, and has always been, a Democrat. He is one of the most active members of the party in this county, meriting by his untiring services the honorable recognition which he has received.

Patterson, William H., was born September 17th, 1847, five miles south of Boonville. His father, Rev. Nicholas M. Patterson, was one of the earliest Methodist preachers in this county, and was one of the old-time circuit riders. He was one of the most successful revivalists in his day, was a good man, and generally beloved. After receiving a common school education, William taught school to obtain money with which to attend college. He attended Asbury University, at Greencastle, Indiana, for a short time, but afterward entered the Rockport Collegiate Institute, where he graduated in 1870. He again engaged in school-teaching, and read law at home in the meantime, Judge Isaac S. Moore being his preceptor. He was admitted to the bar in 1873. September 14th, of the same year, he was married to Emma Taylor, daughter of Robert Taylor, Esq., of Boonville. Becoming financially embarrassed, in 1875, he accepted a position as principal of the graded school, at Poseyville, Indiana, at a salary of $75 per month. He taught Latin, higher mathematics, and the higher branches, which had never before been taught there, and gave general satisfaction. At the close of his school he returned to Boonville and again engaged in practicing law. In May, 1879, he entered into partnership with John L. Taylor, and has been quite successful in his profession. He has twice held the office of attorney of Boonville, and one term as clerk. Mr. Patterson is very studious, and is one of the most promising young members of the Boonville bar.

Pelzer, Frederick William, the subject of this sketch ,was born October 10th, 1843, at Osnabreck, Germany. His father was a blacksmith, and in good circumstances. After receiving such common school education as was to be obtained in his native village, he served an appreticeship in his father's blacksmith shop. In 1860 he emigrated to America, landing at New Orleans, and he came direct to Warrick county. He worked at his trade in Boonville, and on the farm, alternatively, until 1866, when he located where he now resides; and his residence, by the way, is one of the finest and most convenient in the county. May 9th, 1872, he was married to Amelia Goettlich, a native of Long Island. The result of this union has been five children. Mr. Pelzer belongs to the class of "self-made men," and is one of the most enterprising citizens of the county. The "History of Warrick County," by D. J. Lake & Co., truly says ; �He is one of the foremost in all public as well as private enterprises.� He is well informed on the general topics of the day, and he is a very genial and pleasant gentleman. While he has always been an active member of the Republican party, he has never sought political favor. He is also a very prominent member of the Masonic order. He manifests a great deal of pride in the county's development and progress, and is one of the kind that makes a thrifty community.

Tilman, Doctor J. R., of Newburgh, was born August 8th, 1826, in Cumberland county, Kentucky. His grandfather was a native of Virginia and was born on a plantation adjoining Thomas Jefferson's home. The name at that time was spelled Tilghman. Doctor Tilman graduated at the Evansville Medical College in 1850 and at once commenced practicing at Taylorsville, Warrick county, where he remained seven years. He was instrumental in having a postoffice established at that place and was the first postmaster. After practicing in Newburgh three years he entered the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia and graduated in 1860. At the beginning of the late war he laid aside all business and devoted his time to the union cause. He was assistant surgeon in the sixtieth Indiana regiment and was seriously crippled for life, being compelled to resign after three months' service. Having the public interest always in view, he is one of the class of citizens who exert a marked influence for good in the community.

Wilde, Gottfried Otto Eugene, son of Carl J. G. and Franziska Wilde, was born in Schlochow, Pomerania, Prussia, May 15th, 1842. His parents were very wealthy. He attended St. Peter's College at Danzig, Prussia, seven years, and graduated in 1858. He received a scientific education and it was here that he obtained his knowledge of chemistry. In 1869 he emigrated to America and in the winter of 1870 entered into the drug business in Boonville in the building he now occupies. He was married to Mary Sasse in 1871. Mr. Wilde is a leading member of the German Evangelical Lutheran church at this place and is a highly esteemed citizen.

Whittinghill, Winfield Scott, was born October 28th, 1850, in Pigeon township, Warrick county. He is the eldest son of Pleasant N. and Abagail J. Whittinghill. He worked on the farm with his father until twenty-one years old and was eighteen years of age before he started to school. His education has been obtained principally in the common schools of the county. He attended the Oakland Normal Institute at Oakland City, Indiana, three terms and also attended two terms of a select school taught at Taylorsville, Warrick county, by Prof. Will Link. During the winter of 1873 he took a thorough course at the Evansville Commercial College. When twenty-one years old he commenced teaching school and has since taught seven terms in all, three of which were at the graded school in Pigeon township and two terms as principal of the Taylorsville graded school. In 1876 he was the Republican candidate for assessor of Pigeon township and, although the township has always been largely Democratic, he was elected. In 1880 the Republicans nominated him for trustee, but this time he was defeated. Mr. Whittinghill is one of the foremost young men of his section and he possesses the ability and tact to accomplish almost anything he undertakes.

Deb Murray